Archives: Class Notes

Juana Summers, BJ ’09, was recently selected as a panelist for the Online News Association’s 2011 conference in Boston, Mass. Summers will speak and moderate a panel on hot jobs for early-career journalists. Summers was also recently promoted to a national politics reporter at POLITICO, covering the 2012 presidential election. She joined the organization in … Continued

Ernie Baker, BJ ’48, was one of seven to be inducted into The Adcraft Club of Detroit’s Hall of Fame in June 2011. He was employed by the Zimmer-Keller advertising agency in Detroit shortly after graduation. In 1964 he started his own namesake advertising agency, and it was acquired by DDB Needham Worldwide in 1990. … Continued

Elliott “Skip” Ames, BJ ’51, “one of Ed Lambert’s boys,” hosts a cabaret/jazz program on the Whitney station, WVOX 1460 AM, Westchester, N.Y. and streamed worldwide on WVOX.com, Sunday afternoons 2:05 p.m. New York Time, following the Fox news.

William Daniel, BJ ’50, still enjoys living in Hollywood, Calif. “Well into my 80s, I hang out at the gym…mandatory in Los Angeles. One of these days, I’m not going to be able to handle the stairs in my condo. Then back to Webster Groves? I try not to think about it. The ‘William O. … Continued

Carolyn Mulford, MA ’62, now has a middle grade/YA historical novel, The Feedsack Dress, now available as an e-book at from Barnes and Noble, downloadable to the Nook, computer, iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphone. The print edition remains available from Cave Hollow Press and from Amazon.

Grace Voss, BJ ’65, has for the past six years edited The Roadrunner, a 12-page bi-monthly newsletter for the Santa Cruz County Cycling Club. This year The Roadrunner was named one of two best newsletters for bicycling clubs in the U.S. by the League of American Bicyclists. The LAB said The Roadrunner was tops, not … Continued

After more than 10 years at the helm of the Democrat-Leader and Fayette Advertiser in Howard County, Jim Steele, BJ ’66, sold the publications in February to Nebraska native Pat Roll. Steele continues to write part-time for the papers. Active in Fayette civic affairs over the years, Steele recently completed a two-year term as national … Continued

Ken Paulson, BJ ’75, president and chief executive officer of the First Amendment Center, Nashville, Tenn., was elected president of the American Society of News Editors. In remarks at ASNE’s annual convention, Paulson emphasized that the once newspaper-centric organization needs to broaden its membership to include the nation’s leading thinkers about journalism, regardless of platform. … Continued

Sieghart Eisele, BJ ’74, hopes to see many grads from 1974 during the 100th-year homecoming celebration in October.

Robert Kelly, BJ ’72, covers business networking and general assignment business news for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he’s been a reporter for 39 years.